Victims Identified in PA Helicopter Crash

COOLBAUGH TOWNSHIP, PA (WENY)--- Police have identified the victims in the fatal helicopter crash that took off from Elmira.

Pennsylvania state police say the helicopter went down Tuesday night around 8 off interstate 380 in Coolbaugh township.

Investigators believe the crew hit bad weather on the way back from a golf outing in the Elmira area. They say, the pilot, William Ellsworth, 52, of New Jersey and front seat passenger, Tighe Sullivan, 51, from Connecticut are dead.

The survivor, Stephen Barral of New Jersey called police who found the chopper nearly six hours after the crash. Pocono Mountain Police say Barral is in the hospital with serious injuries.